PEG it with love
Posted By The Man on November 15th, 2011
Posted in Crafts
Christmas printables
Posted By The Man on November 9th, 2011
http://www.eatdrinkchic.com/archives.cfm/category/do-it-yourself/page/1
http://papercrave.com/paper-crave-printable-hol
Christmas inspiration, gifts and styling
Posted By The Man on November 7th, 2011
I came up with this idea for Christmas 2010 and it’s one of my favourite festive crafts:
Take skewers and paint them with craft paint (buy little containers for R5 from the Crafters market).
Google various Christmas shapes and clipart and print them out onto some coloured and white scrap paper or cardboard.
Alternatively source stars and shapes from scrap shops.
Cut out the shapes and using a glue gun or glue stick adhere them to the skewers.
They can be used for strawberries (to dip into little pails of chocolates), cheese or just for general décor. Also pop marshmallows or mini donuts onto the skewers for the kids to dip into chocolate and serve them something fun instead of traditional un-friendly Christmas fare, like mince pies and Christmas cake or pudding.
Clever ways to give your gifts a festive sparkle: Add scrap rub-ons and stickers or alternatively glue gun Woolworth’s chocolate balls onto the gift or bag in the shape of a tree.
Festive downloads: beautiful bunting, magical matches and clever cocktail tags.
Posted By The Man on November 7th, 2011
To print the MATCHES and COCKTAIL topper craft go to
http://www.creaturecomfortsblog.com/home/2009/7/2/freebie-4th-of-july-printable-from-twig-thistle.html
The glass bottles are from Consol glass, the reindeer chalk board labels and paper straws are from In Good Company.
Beautiful Bunting
Edible Christmas trees: Mini Doughnut Tower and Candy Cane tree
Posted By The Man on November 7th, 2011
RED velvet cupcakes
Posted By The Man on October 31st, 2011
It’s the end of Halloween and the start of wedding season in SA and red velvet cupcakes are becoming increasingly popular wedding cake fare; Red Velvet Cakes are the most popular wedding cake in America-not only for their dense rich texture but for the unexpected flaming red colour of the sponge.
Very Moulin Rouge and seductive the sponge is actually so quick and simple to make and is perfectly partnered with cream cheese icing.
Posted in Brunches and lunches
A SPOOKTACULAR cocktail
Posted By The Man on October 30th, 2011
Our estate celebrated Halloween on Friday: It’s actually called Trick or Treat so as not to offend any religious sectors, but call what you want, the same fun ghoulish theme runs through many of the homes and both adults and children get dressed up for the event.
Approximately 500 kids will pop into your home for a treat, but only a handful of small kids will leave crying or terrified-I do find that every year it gets harder to scare children….
I even make cupcakes for the mothers-I used to make bloody red velvet but I end up making about 144 cupcakes and so it is easier to whip up my 5 minute vanilla recipe.
Posted in cocktails
Creamy condensed milk ice cream
Posted By The Man on October 27th, 2011
You certainly do not need an ice cream machine to make creamy ice cream but the trick to more creaminess and less icicles is Woolworth’s Ayrshire cream.
Posted in Sweet and irresistable
Christmas Crackers
Posted By The Man on October 26th, 2011
I just LOVE these fun candy-striped lollies from Woolworths. They are available in packs of four, for R9.95.
I made some homemade, simple, vintage style crackers for my current Christmas course and these bright lollies make perfect cracker fill-ins and treats.
If you are making your own crackers and would like something more elegant to pop in, then check out the LOVE erasers from www.ingoodcompany.co.za for around R60.
Cracker poppers can be found at Wespack and craft shops and the cracker can be made simply with a good old fashioned toilet roll and tissue paper! Add vintage stamps (from your local scrap shop) and gorgeous red and white string (Mr String) from In Good Company.
Posted in Crafts
